Provides technical advice to assist medical, nursing, and other technical personnel in pre-purchase planning and selection of cost-effective equipment appropriate to their needs; researches specific types of equipment and prepares costs benefit and life cost analysis; participates in the generation of purchase specifications for new equipment and the tests the equipment must pass prior to acceptance (e.g., ease of maintenance, operation, reliability of vendors, cost and availability of maintenance parts, and cost of disposables used); consults on proposed building and area renovations and reviews plans for remodeling to assure cost effective compatibility with equipment needs. Advanced skills in Access, Excel, report design, Oracle, experience in clinical engineering department operations or medical equipment management.